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  1. Hoky77

    Hoky77 Well-Known Member

    Do you know the story of the "Bandit" ? When the Liberty V Nickel was first released it was the without "Cents" variety. Soon after hitting circulation some enterprising individuals found they could gold plate the coin and began passing them as 5 dollar gold pieces. This trick was soon discovered and of course the mint ceased production and redid the rev. die to include the cent designation. When word got out everyone who found a without cents coin stashed it away knowing there weren't many made and of course they speculated on the future value of the coin. That being said many specimens were saved and the "Cents" version being plentiful were spent, well circulated and except for the ones collectors tucked away were well worn over many years of use.
    When the statehood quarters were released I started to put away a bank roll of each thinking to the future but gave it up after remembering this story and knowing that many thousands of collectors were faithfully putting away rolls with each release. I have the feeling that putting together a uncirculated statehood set 100 years from now won't be all that difficult.
     
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  3. some-willie.willieWANT

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  4. BigTee44

    BigTee44 Well-Known Member

    Fresh off the NGC grading line!

    The 1972 was in a PCGS cleaned holder unbeknown to me before I bought it and cracked out where I bought it raw! B1516485-B02F-4872-82BF-6EE1B1A19963.jpeg

    The 1838-O was a sub $200 raw eBay buy! 80202F36-9B47-4E27-A576-D6C0C224582A.png
     
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  5. C-B-D

    C-B-D Well-Known Member

    But but but... buying raw coins is dangerous and PCGS knows everything!
     
  6. Marshall

    Marshall Junior Member

    1796 S-99 3.jpg
    The hardest thing about this one is grading. XF details, but with unexplained weakness at the date. Severe corrosion, but not as ugly as come. The highest detail level for this variety is XF45 and this is better in some areas and weaker at the date. But it is also the only one of the top 18 I would classify as scuzzy.

    What's the net grade?
     
  7. C-B-D

    C-B-D Well-Known Member

    Net Fine 15?
     
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  8. Marshall

    Marshall Junior Member

    I hope so. I paid net AG money.
     
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  9. Endeavor

    Endeavor Well-Known Member

  10. dwhiz

    dwhiz Collector Supporter

  11. greed ball

    greed ball Active Member

    He
    Hey, that's why I grabbed it, got lucky on that one.
     
  12. C-B-D

    C-B-D Well-Known Member

    Gotta love market grading. Just got word that my 1942/1-D graded PCGS MS61 FB. IMG_0028-side.JPG
     
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  13. Marshall

    Marshall Junior Member

    ps I picked the variety. S-99 R5. My third, but the other two are Fr and BS.
     
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  14. Hoky77

    Hoky77 Well-Known Member

  15. C-B-D

    C-B-D Well-Known Member

    1689 William and Mary Half Crown 1st bust and shield pearls caul only frosted. This is currently at NGC. Hoping for an XF40, but would be somewhat satisfied with a VF35... somewhat.
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  16. C-B-D

    C-B-D Well-Known Member

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  17. thomas mozzillo

    thomas mozzillo Well-Known Member

    Very nice. Hope you get the XF40
     
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  18. okbustchaser

    okbustchaser I may be old but I still appreciate a pretty bust Supporter

    Pretty nice die state...

    The Overton book describes the O-107a as the same as the O-107 except there is a die crack between the 81 to bust and a small crack at the bust.

    This variety with the die crack between the 81 to my knowledge is not known to exist. @Treashunt ?

    The O-107a has small die break at the nose--this is also called a nose cud.

    In addition Very Late Die States (VLDS) of this coin have die cud under the upper left serif of the first 1--yours shows this. upload_2020-1-18_7-37-16.png
     
  19. dwhiz

    dwhiz Collector Supporter

    These rolled in this morning 2019-S EHPR PCGS 1a-horz.jpg 2020-W PR ASE  1-horz.jpg
     
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  20. William J Wylie

    William J Wylie New Member

    Picked up this beauty as my first purchase of the year. Natural or not, I liked the toning and the price was right. s-l16.jpg s-l17.jpg
     
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  21. Ike Skywalker

    Ike Skywalker Well-Known Member

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